<![CDATA[I don't often cry when reading books.]]>I don't often cry when reading books. I was reading the last book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series while flying this week, and tears were falling (as I sniffled into my mask.)

I was thinking of books that made me cry. Four others came to mind:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

What about you? What books made your eyes leak?

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Isn't the ending just awesome?

30 years, and he absolutely stuck the landing.

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"Mons City Obituary" and "Call of the Void" by @inkican

"The Boys" by Katie Hafner

"Midnight Cowboy" by Leo James Herlihy

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The last Dark Tower book had lots of sad bits that I kind of wasn't really expecting.
The book that made me cry on my first read was the ending of Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhouse_Gates

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Palky55/statuses/116387181577603392https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Palky55/statuses/116387181577603392Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:10:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don't often cry when reading books. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:10:04 GMT]]>@augieray Thanks for the warning—I just started reading “The grapes of Wrath.” I think I read it in high school but was too distracted to remember much.

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Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.
That book still haunts me.

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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

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